What Does Etched Vinyl Mean

This is etched glass.

What does etched vinyl mean.

Practically since day one the inside track or runout groove of a vinyl record or 78rpm disc has been the domain of the matrix number an alphanumerical code either stamped or handwritten into the wax to help pressing plants assign the. Frosted is more of an opacity pattern term. Etch a design on glass. Etched etch ing etch es v.

Trees that were etched against the winter sky. They probably both date from 1967. Frosted glass to some is also a term for glass film only. Multiple matrix numbers can mean they were pressed at different factories rather than one dating significantly later from the other.

Sp 03750 a that was crossed out b eur2 masterdisk rl underneath the etching on side 2 is a dollar sign. Etch definition to cut bite or corrode with an acid or the like. To impress delineate or imprint clearly. A landscape that is forever etched in my memory.

Sp 03750 a eur3 masterdisk side 2. Discogs does indeed have 2 entries for a black label usa edition of that single first and last in the list. Etched into it are the following strings of letters and numbers. To make or create by this method.

Nothing major just a piece of frosted glass that is more than likely 100 opaque with no designs or embellishments. To engage in etching. Also the rl on side 2 looks like it was etched by hand. Engrave with an acid or the like as to form a design in furrows that when charged with ink will give an impression on paper.

I recently purchased the vinyl record dream of the blue turtles by sting. To cut into the surface of glass for example by the action of acid.